Re: Problem with MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:31:48 -0500
Message-ID:
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Emilio <persep@gmail.com> wrote:

I've managed to narrow the
problem to the program resource file winMd5Sum.rc. It has a line for
the manifest MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST
"winMd5Sum.manifest"
which commented out makes the program run ok. Also without changing
that line but disabling the embed manifest in the project options
makes it work too.

I can't understand why?. The original program hasn't got a separate
manifest file so i guess it's embedded?


There are two ways to provide a manifest for an application: write one
by hand and manually embed it as a resource (which is what that line in
..rc file is doing), or let the linker generate and embed one
automatically. Your problem happens when you try using both approaches
at once. Just pick one, and stick with it.
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